Green Day Say Grammy Win Came At The ‘Sweetest Time’

[artist id=”988″]Green Day[/artist] have been here before. But after winning Best Rock Album at the 2010 Grammy Awards for 21st Century Breakdown, singer Billie Joe Armstrong said this victory was even better than the first time.

“I have to say that this is the sweetest time … I think just the pressure coming off American Idiot,” he said, referring to the first time the veteran punk band took home the honor, for their 2004 concept album. “Then putting out 21st Century Breakdown and getting recognized for it and all the success that it’s had, it feels really great.”

The trio had a rock summit in the press area with Record of the Year winners Kings of Leon, whose three victories made Green Day feel good about the modern state of rock. The members of the groups exchanged handshakes and good wishes in a passing of the torch from one former wild-child act to the next.